Put Yo Hood Up

Put Yo Hood Up is the third studio album by American Southern hip hop group Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz. It was released on May 22, 2001 through BME Recordings/TVT Records. Recording sessions took place at Patchwerk Recording Studios, The Zone, Sound Lab, Blue Basement Recordings and Dangerous Music in Atlanta, at Streetlight Studios and The Cutting Room in New York, at Q95.5 in St. Louis, at Pyramid Sound Recording Studios in Ithaca, and at BME Studios. Production was handled by Lil' Jon, Danny D, Mr. Collipark and Paul Lewis. It features guest appearances from Chyna Whyte, Oobie, Too $hort, 6 Shot, 8Ball & MJG, Big Kap, Bohagon, Don Yute, Jazze Pha, Khujo, Kilo Ali, Ludacris, M.O.P., Quint Black, Skyy, The Nation Riders, Three 6 Mafia and YoungBloodZ, with cameo appearances from Carolyn, DJ Hershey, Leah, Mimi, Nathan Smith and Sincerley.

The album peaked at number 43 on the US Billboard 200, number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and topped the Independent Albums chart. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on June 6, 2002, for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

 * Sample credits
 * Track 15 contains an interpolation of "Talking Out the Side of Your Neck", written by Charlie Singleton, Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, and Tomi Jenkins, as performed by Cameo
 * Track 16 contains an interpolation of "Set It Off", written by Steve Standard, as performed by Strafe
 * Track 17 contains a sample of "Lookout Weekend", written by Pretty Tony, as performed by Debbie Deb
 * Track 19 contains a sample of "Jam the Box", written and performed by Pretty Tony
 * Track 20 contains an interpolation of "Cuss Words", written and performed by Too $hort

Personnel

 * Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz
 * Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith – vocals, producer (tracks: 1-16, 18, 20, 21), co-producer (tracks: 17, 19) , mixing (tracks: 1-7, 9, 11-16) , recording (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 15) , additional mixing and recording (track 20) , executive producer, A&R
 * "Big Sam" Norris – vocals
 * Wendell "Lil' Bo" Neal – vocals


 * Guest vocalists
 * Willie "Khujo Goodie" Knighton – vocals (track 2)
 * Cedric "Bo Hagon" Leonard – vocals (track 2)
 * Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges – vocals (track 4)
 * Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – vocals (tracks: 4, 7, 21)
 * Keith "Big Kap" Carter – vocals (track 4)
 * Stephanie "Chyna Whyte" Lewis – vocals (tracks: 4, 8, 12, 21), additional vocals (track 15)
 * Nathan Smith – additional vocals (track 4)
 * Quinton "Quint Black" Banks – vocals (track 7)
 * The Nation Riders – vocals (track 7)
 * Ricky "Lord Infamous" Dunigan – vocals (track 8)
 * Lola "Gangsta Boo" Mitchell – vocals (track 8)
 * Jordan "Juicy J" Houston – vocals (track 8)
 * Paul "DJ Paul" Beauregard – vocals (track 8)
 * Sean Paul Joseph – vocals (track 8)
 * Jeffrey "J-Bo" Grigsby – vocals (track 8)
 * Jason "Don Yute" Williams – vocals (track 8)
 * Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage – vocals (track 9)
 * Eric "Billy Danze" Murray – vocals (track 9)
 * Leah – vocals (track 10)
 * Premro "8Ball" Smith – vocals (track 11)
 * Marlon "MJG" Goodwin – vocals (track 11)
 * Tenaia "Oobie" Sanders – vocals (tracks: 11, 13, 17)
 * Mimi – chanting vocals (track 11)
 * Sincerley – chanting vocals (track 11)
 * Jermaine "6 Shot" Tucker – backing vocals (track 12)
 * Skyler Synclair "Skyy" Keeton – vocals (track 15)
 * Carolyn – additional vocals (track 15)
 * Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – additional vocals (track 16)
 * DJ Hershey – vocals (track 18), scratches (track 19)
 * Andrell "Kilo Ali" Rogers – vocals (track 19)


 * Guest musicians
 * Craig Love – guitar (tracks: 1, 10, 11)
 * James "LRoc" Phillips – keyboards (tracks: 4, 7, 12, 15, 16, 20)
 * Robert "R.O.B." McDowell – keyboards (track 10), executive producer
 * LaMarquis Jefferson – bass (track 11)


 * Technicals
 * Paul Lewis – producer & engineering (track 6)
 * Danny "D" Spohn – producer (track 17)
 * Michael "Mr. Collipark" Crooms – producer (track 19)
 * Don "DJ Snake" Brown – recording (tracks: 1, 7, 20), mixing (tracks: 1, 9-13, 16-19)
 * Mark Mitchell – recording (tracks: 1, 9, 13, 17, 18)
 * Mike Wilson – recording (tracks: 1, 18, 19)
 * Tim Obremski – engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 9-11, 13, 17, 18), recording engineer assistant (tracks: 19, 20)
 * William "Billy Hume" Whedbee – recording & mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 15, 16), additional mixing and recording (track 20)
 * Jonathan Cooper – recording & mixing (track 4)
 * Robin Mays – recording (tracks: 4, 7, 8, 12, 16)
 * Jan Nerud – recording (tracks: 4, 11)
 * Mike Fox – recording (track 5)
 * Carlos Glover – recording & mixing (track 6)
 * Robert Brown – Protools editing (track 6)
 * Alexander Lowe – mixing (track 7)
 * Taj Tilghman – recording (tracks: 8, 21), mixing (track 21)
 * Rock Logic – recording (track 9)
 * Sky Gray – recording engineer assistant (track 9)
 * Kevin Parker – recording (tracks: 10, 19)
 * Bob Brown – recording (track 11)
 * Geoff – engineering assistant (track 11)
 * Joshua A. Butler – recording (track 17)
 * Duncan Stanbury – mastering
 * Dwayne "Emperor" Searcy – executive producer
 * Vince "VP" Phillips – executive producer, management
 * Benjamin Wheelock – design
 * Anders Jones – photography
 * Bryan Leach – A&R
 * Howard Sadowsky – management
 * Tiffany Hasbourne – stylist
 * Rob Mitchell – booking